That year the galleon "Buen Socorro" sailed from Albay after it was completed, under its commander Diego de Arévalo and its chief pilot Juan Rodríguez. It sailed August 28, and was in great danger for it ran aground as it left the harbor; but it was gotten off easily by the great energy and skill of the commander. The galleon was the best that was ever built thus far in these islands; and its size, beauty, and swiftness were amazing. It had two tanks of water, so large that one of them was more than enough for the entire voyage to Acapulco, and the other served for the return, and a quantity of water was left--a great convenience for the sea, when one suffers so great lack of water. From this it is inferred that the water of Filipinas does not become foul, either going or coming, as the English say of the water of the river Támesis of Londrés [i.e., Thames, of London]. The patache "San Diego" left the port of Cavite, under command of Admiral Bartholomé Muñoz,to go in its convoy--the fortunate Argo that was to conduct those chosen heroes, the apostles for the Marianas Islands, the associates of the venerable father Diego Luís de San Vitores. [The following chapter contains the biography of the Augustinian father Fray Luís López de Amezquita, who died June 26, 1667.] CHAPTER XXXII Election of our father provincial Fray Dionisio Suárez; of the mission that arrived that year; and the imprisonment of the governor. (1668-69) The time assigned by our sacred rules for the election of a new provincial came. The fathers who had votes, having assembled in the Manila convent, held their chapter on April 21, 1668, under the presidency of father Fray Tomás de Villanueva, as he was the senior definitor of the preceding chapter. He was assisted by the rector provincial, our father Fray Alonso Coronel. Our father Fray Dionisio Suárez a celebrated minister of the provinces of Tagalos, son of the convent of Salamanca, who came to these islands in 1627, was elected provincial, to the general satisfaction of all. As definitors were elected fathers Fray Juan de Vergara, Fray Francisco de Medina Basco, Fray Andrés de Salazar, [142] and Fray Pedro de Mesa. [143] The visitors, Fray José de Mendoza, and Fray José Duque, were present--in whose place were elected fathers Fray Cristóbal Marroquí and Fray Carlos Bautista.